Background Covering about 2 Mio. km 2 by the arrival of the first European settlers, the
Cerrado savannas are second in extent only to Amazonian forests amongst the South …

In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Abstract Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world's largest Neotropical savanna–
is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an extremely …

Native vegetation across the Brazilian Cerrado is highly heterogeneous and biodiverse and
provides important ecosystem services, including carbon and water balance regulation …

The Cerrado, the second largest biome in Brazil and home to nearly 5% of global
biodiversity, has experienced a resurgence of devegetation due to the expansion of …

There is high potential for ecosystem restoration across tropical savannah-dominated
regions, but the benefits that could be gained from this restoration are rarely assessed. This …

The Cerrado contains a wide variety of vegetation types, and it is known for its high
biodiversity but is highly threatened. We review the changes through time of geographical …

The Cerrado biome is one of the global hotspots of biodiversity, and non-volant small
mammals represent a significant portion of Cerrado species richness (45%) and endemism …

The Cerrado biome, renowned for its biodiversity and threatened by rapid land
transformation, encompasses a vast savanna ecosystem in Brazil. The region is …

Maxent species distribution models (SDMs) for rare, migratory taxa can be hindered by
methodological and analytical issues. To overcome these problems, we developed an …